Half to john h



(No Model.)

B. M. MARTIN.

BLIND SLAI' ADJUSTER.

F No. 301,453. Patented July 1, 1884.

TEL-(7266666.

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

RIG-HARD M. MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN H. TOUSLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

BLlND-SLAT ADJUSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,453, dated July 1, 1884.

' Application filed April l0, 1883. Renewed November 28, 1883. (No model.)

To ZLZZ whom it may concern I Be it known that I, RICHARD M. MARTIN,

--a citizen of the United States, residing at Minjectsl attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of a window frame and blind, with a portion of the frame broken away, and showing my invention; and Fig. 2, a sectional view taken on the line a a."- of Fig. 1.

The letter A indicates the frame of the window, which may be of the ordinary or any approved construction, and B the blind or shutter, which is provided with movable or pivoted slat-s O. The said blind or shutter is provided near one edge, on the inside, with vertical rods G, supported by bracket-s O attheirupper and lower ends, and also with similar longer rods, G, secured to brackets (3*. Upon the said rods are arranged to slide the pivoted brackets D, which connect to the vertical rods E, loosely connected with the slats, and are adapted to shift the same in the usual manner. The brackets are connected to the l said rods E by means of the links E, which are pivoted to the ends of the brackets, and to suitable studs or pins projecting from the blocks G, attached to the rods E. The brackets are connected to each other by means of a vertical rod. H, so that they will move to gether, and the lower bracket has a rack, I, at its rear end, and is adapted to project into a slot in the lower edge of the frame when the shutter or blind is closed, so as to engage a cogwheel, K, mounted in a recess in the said frame, upon a shaft, L, which projects inside and is provided with a knob, M, by turning the slats.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, with the movable slat-rods RICHARD M. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

J. H. ToUsLnY, S. H. Wool).

which the mechanism may be operated to move E, of the brackets D, secured to said rods by K 

